wxPython – SetBackgroundColour() function in wx.StaticText

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In this article we are going to learn about SetBackgroundColour() function associated with wx.StaticText class of wxPython. SetBackgroundColour() function is simply used to set background of a static text to a different colour.

It takes wx.Colour argument to set the background colour.

Syntax: wx.StaticText.SetBackgroundColour(self, colour)

Parameters:

Parameter Input Type Description

colour wx.Colour Colour for background of static text.

Parameter	Input Type	Description
colour	wx.Colour	Colour for background of static text.

Code Example:

import wx 
  
  
class Example(wx.Frame): 
  
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): 
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) 
        self.InitUI() 
  
    def InitUI(self): 
        self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH) 
        self.pnl = wx.Panel(self) 
  
        bmp = wx.Bitmap('right.png') 
        # CREATE STATICTEXT AT POINT (20, 20) 
        self.st = wx.StaticText(self.pnl, id = 1, label ="This is the Label.",  
                                pos =(20, 20), size = wx.DefaultSize,  
                                style = wx.ST_ELLIPSIZE_MIDDLE, name ="statictext") 
  
        # SET BACKGROUND COLOUR TO YELLOW 
        self.st.SetBackgroundColour((215, 252, 3, 255)) 
        self.SetSize((350, 250)) 
        self.SetTitle('wx.Button') 
        self.Centre() 
  
def main(): 
    app = wx.App() 
    ex = Example(None) 
    ex.Show() 
    app.MainLoop() 
  
  
if __name__ == '__main__': 
    main() 